ThinkPad X1's keyboard is spill- proof, not flood-proof

ThinkPad X1's keyboard is spill-
proof, not flood-proof (video)
The ThinkPad X1 thought it
was safe. It foolishly believed
that, having
reviewed it in full ,
we would spare it from further
scrutiny at Lenovo's UK launch
event this evening. We quite
naturally did no such thing,
poking and prodding at the
slimline laptop -- which still
feels supremely well built --
but we also went that one step
further, by putting it through a
trial we didn't dare subject our
review unit to: a
spill test . Well,
it was a less a spill and more of
a steady stream of water that
we doused the X1 in, which
might explain why it eventually
gave out and shut down on us.
Lenovo says that the keyboard
tray can only handle 25cl of
water before throwing a self-
protect switch and turning the
computer off. Given enough
time to fully dry out, our
unfortunate test subject might
even have been brought back
to life, but our efforts at
restoring it were met with
failure. You can see the H2O-
based carnage after the break,
though we should note that
Lenovo managed to perform
this test three times without
taking the X1 out of
commission... before we came
along and ruined its spotless
record.

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